Paul Bearne

I am fueled by a passion for new developments in technology and how the application of these can deliver an awesome user experience while effectively meeting business needs. I discovered WordPress in 2006 when asked to explore the use of collaborative tools internally for a multi- national corporation, setting up a 200+ multi-blog site using WPMU on IIS7. This included creating my first plugin, Author Avatars (https://wordpress.org/plugins/author-avatars/), which has 9,000+ active installs. From this point on, the community, the flexibility and the momentum of WordPress has made it the platform of choice for my work. Although, over the years I have developed a number of complementary skill bases, my focus is now WordPress architecture, concept design, coding for complex projects and integrating external data sources. I have made core commits in 3.9, 4.0, 4.2, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7 and 4.8 and continue to support a growing list of plugins and the wider WordPress community. (See https://profiles.wordpress.org/pbearne/#content-plugins) My skill base includes: WordPress Admin interface customization WordPress VIP Theme development Plugin development and customization Rest API (internal and external) Multi-language (WPML) LearnDash WooCommerce and EDD Configuration, including multi-site User training and support